Hopper-bottom car.



No. 852.845. PATENTED MAY 7, 1907. A. E. QSTRANDER,

HOPPER BOTTGM GAR.

APPLICATION FILED DBC,28,1906.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

PATENTED MAY-7, 1907. A. E. USTRANDBR.

BR BOTTOM CAR] APPLICATION FILED DEG; 28. 1906.

HOVPP 4 SHEBTS-SHBBT 2,

Invenon AY 7, i907.

PATENTED M OSTRANDER.

HOPPBR BOTTOM GAR.

vAPPLIGATIOII FILED DEO.28,1906. l

4 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

@@@OSGQG No. 852,845. PATENTBD MAY '7, l907.

A. E. OSTRANDER.

.HOPPER BOTTOM CAR.

APPLI'UATION rum 13150.28, 1906,

4 SHEETS-SHEET L Win16 5565 ga-@fwd f L By ANW 'Unirnn srarns Parana OFFICE.

ALLEN E. OSTRANDER, OF PATERSON NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO AMERL,

VCAN OAR et FOUNDRY COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORA- TION OF NEW JERSEY.`

Y HPPER-eoTTowl-- can.

To all whom. t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALLEN E. OSTRANDER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Paterson, New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hopper-Bottom Qirs, of'which the following isa full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others. skilled in the art to which it appertains to inake'and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawi gs, forming part of'this speciricatiomin which- Figure l'is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of one-half ofl a car constructed in accordance with m invention Fig.` 2 is a plan .view ol said car with a portion of theinclined lloo'r plates broken away to show the construction of the underframe Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 3-,3 of Fig. l ,Fig-.41s across sectional View taken on thc line 1--4 of Fig. 1 Fig, 5 isi-a cross sectional vview'taken on the line 5 5 of Fig, 2 Fig. 6

is a cross sectional View showing a modilied form of that part of my invention relating to side hopper sheets; and Figs. 7 and 8 show two diilerentmethods of connecting the bottorn plates of the hoppers to the side sheets. This invention relates to hopper bottom cars, and particularly to the car'shown in United States Patent No. 816,070, to T. R. Brown, dated March 27, 1906.

The object of my invention is to simplify y the construction of the car shown in the patent referred to so as to reduce the cost of manufacture and also to produce a stronger and more rigid construction. i

` Referring to the drawingswhich represent `the preferred forni of my invention, .l desig- `nates the side walls ofthe carzbody which are 'made up of plates, and 2 designate angles that are connected to the upper and lower edges of said plates, thus forming a late girder construction. The centen'sills o fthe car consist of rolledvmem'bers 3, preferably channels, arranged with their flanges projecting inwardly although saidchvannels' may be arranged with their l'langesprojectir'g outwardly. Said center sill membersvare continuous from bolster to bolster and extend short distances beyond 'the Abolsters'.- Fas'- tened tothese extending portions of the center sills, as 'shown in Fig. 2, are draftsills 4 I Specification of Letters Patent.

Appnmion nea December 2a, 190e. serai No. 349,879.

j ner.

Patented Mayr, 1907.

consisting of flanged members arranged with tlheir flanges projecting in opposite directions to those of the center sills so that the Awebs of said center sill and draft sill members can be riveted together` Preferably, these .draft sills are of channel shape but if desired, Z- shaped members could be used. The outer ends, of` the draft sills are connected to the end sill 5, and extending from said end sill to thebolster are sub-side sills 6 which are preferably Z-shaped members. The bolstervconsists 'of a continuous web plate 7 that 1 is notched out to receive the center sills, and the opposite ends of said plate are connected to the sidewalls of the car by angles S, said plate being strengthened by vertically disp osed angles S and also having abottom cover plate 9 secured to its loweredge.. The Z-shaped sub-side-sills 6 are connected-to the bolster by brackets 10, the webs ofisaid sills being secured to flanges on the brackets, as shown iny Fig. 5. The main portions 'of the sub-side sillslie in lower horizontal planes,r

than the lower .edges ofthe side walls of the car but adjacent the bolster said sube-side sills are bent upwardly, as shown injFig. 1, and the upper llanges-thereof, which extend inwardly, are cut otl so that the webs of said sills can extend between the ends ofthe web plate 7 and the side walls of the car to which the 'webs of said side sills are connected by rivets 11, as shown in Fig. l. The angles 8d which connect the web plate 7 of the bolster' to the side walls of the car also secure said vweb plates to the Webs of the sub-side sills and as'these sills extend inwardly some distance beyondv the bolster avery rigid construction is produced. l

Diagonally extending braces 12, preferably channels, lare connected'to the brackets 10 and also to the center sills and end sills, as shown in Fig. 2, and the top .cover plate 13 for the; draft sills is reduced in width at its inner end and is connected to the ytop/.flanges of the center sills. i l y The inclined floor plates 14r` which are conf,

nect'ed to the side and end walls of the car are supported by the bolster'web plate 7. and.

are connected to said plate in a novel man- As ,shofvn in Fig. 1, the web plateA 7 is IOO provided at"its' upper'edge with anl intedral y flange 7EL which projects toward. the end of v 3o flanges projecting At the center of the car is a transversely extending cross ridge 16 andv between said cross ridge `and lthe inclined floor plates, 'the center sills are protected by pressed members- 151 17 of inverted .V-shape in cross section so as todeilect the load of the car into thehoppers arranged on'eachside of the centersills -v The ends of said members 1 7 are provided with vflanges'l? which are connected to the cross zo ridg'eand to the inclined, floor plates, andidepending from. the longitudinal edges of said members are flanges 1 7" which in the pre ferred form of my inventionshown in Fig,

are connected to the outer faces of the webs z5 of the center sills. The inside sheets of' the hopper are formed by plates '18 that are seenredtov thev outer fiices of the websof the center sills. As previously stated, however,

' he center sills, can b'e arranged with their outwardly, as shown in Fig. 6, and in such a construction the dependv, ing flanges 17 cn the members 17 will be made long enough to extend below the botl tomiian es of the center sills.l As shown in lI1`ig.'f6,t e plates 18 which form the'inside telt ie lower edges of. the flanges 17b on said members and at the upper edges of the plates 18=are fiangesl8L Whichare preferably con-- 4o nected to the 'bottom flanges of thecenter sills. g In this constructiontlie members 17 'are also preferably strengthened by continu- -ons stra s lgsecured to tliewebs of the center sills.'v he` outside sheets of the hoppers-consist df'plates 2() that are's'ecnredvto the' side ,wallsfo'i the car. and the' inclined bottoni plates 21 of the lioppers which, inthe conI i strur'iti'on herein shown, are continuations of the floor plates14, are secured tothe inside 5o and outside sheetsleither byfangles y22, 'as

shown in Fig.. 7, o r they mayy rest on flanges y 22'formed integral with said sheets, as shown in'Fig.' 8. i f

-55".th'eirf upper edges to'angles24 on the'ctoss idge 16,A and. fastened to the inside and out- -sid'e sheets of the hoppers are angles 25, the inwardly extending legs of' which act as stops for the doors. y .The doors of each pair of'hop# o5, inlshown..consists of,a., inaiiiiallydiperated er'sheets in this construction are secured The doors 23 for the hoppers arehii'ig'igedi at shaft 28 rovided with an' arin 29 which is connecte( to the eye-bolt 27 bv Ameans of a link 30. j u

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure bv 'lietters Patent is:

1. A car com risin sidewalls, a body bolster, an vend si; 1, an sub-side sills consisting of fianged members that extend inwardly. from the end .sill'fand are secured to the side walls intermediate the bolster and the transverse center of the ear, the flanges of said subside sills being removed adjacent the bolster to'permit the webs of 'said sills to lie between the-'en'dsof the bolster andthe side walls of 'thee/ar; *substantially as described.

2.' A car comprisinghside walls,l a' bolster, an end sill, and Z-shaped sub-side sills connected to theend rsilland to thev bolster, the subside sil'ls'being bent upwardly adjacent the bolster' and having portions of their flanges removed tofpcrinit the webs thereof tobe secured to the ends of the bolster; suba stantially as described., A

3. A car comprising a bolster, side walls extendiii over the Aends of saidibolster, an end sill, anged sub-side sills secured to the end sill and to the side Walls of thecar inter-v mediate the-bolster and the transverse cen ter of the vcanone flange of each sub-side sill being removed adjacent the bolster to ermit the .webs of said sills-ite lie-between t ie. side ets secured to the-bolster and, to the webs of .said sub-side sills; substantially as described.

4. Acar comprising a bolster', side walls extendin f over the ends/ofI said bolster, an

walls and the ends of vthe bolsterfand breekf Y end sill, anged sub-side sills' secured to the end sill'and to the side walls of the car inte r,v

mediate theibolster and the transverse ccnf ter ofthe car, one flange of each sub-side sill beingremoved adjacent the bolster to ermit' the'webs of saidsills to lie'betweenft e side walls and the ends of the bolster, brackets secured tofthe bolster and to tlie,webs f said subside sills, and diagonallyextendin braces vsecured to said brackets vandto. t e end sill;- substantiallyy as described.

5. A car having inclined florfplates, bolster consisting ,of a continuons" 'web plate prvidedfatits upper edge with a flange that supports the floor plates and extends toward theend of the car, and a member secured to theweb 4plate andto the inclined` floor plates, said 'member having a portion Whi'chis disposediat right angles to the `fioo'r plates; substantially as described.

6. A car comprising center sills/' across "jidge, an. inclined4 floor sloping downwardly lfrointhe end wall, and aco'ver for the center sills"- between Athe inclinedk fioorand cross rii'lgei'consisting of a single metal 'plate'of infy Yerted V-shape lin cross' sectionyjsubstanf tially as described." l v l 7. A car comprising center' sills, fa central sliglily at on@ point, u device interposed lwlriswez' edges ol" the hopper doom and arranged iio form a T, said axiglcs lming spread apart tween the Vertical legs of said angles :it the point Where they are Spread apart, and L door-@pendingiuecliaiism secured to said devia@ siilbstamtiallv :iS rlscfrilm.

y side walls, a lmlscr f Wnllvs, Sulz-sidrf sills uA which :1re i blunt *alla j wells of said sull-side Silll @au lie. lwm'ien the side walls and the ends ol" said lwltm' and @xtend inwardly beyond l'lw lmlh-Ur :uid la Lening devices uumlecliug the sub-'aidu sills lao the sido walls. at i point inrfgrnmlintif tlw lmlsler und the tramm'orsr Cnnvr nl' f lxc uur; Substzuui/izilly as described.

In testimony whereof l lwreunm :xlllx my signature in the preene 0l' im: niinesscs. thi@` 19th da); 0l" December, UlUS.

Qumran'. livin: G. JW 

